Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [coord] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 She came in to me as I knelt there and raised me up , and said we must never quarrel and that she would never , ever , give me cause to doubt her , and I must not suppose she could .
2 Folly stooped quickly and picked it up .
3 Sandy Scratchley 's jeep came past and picked them up .
4 He was going to face up to his mother when he got home and have it out .
5 At the end of the ceremony she tottered off to the bus , looking as if she had every intention of popping in to the local when she got home and livening everyone up with a steady dropping of ‘ To think our ‘ Ilda should go before me ’ remarks .
6 When the old man was finished we trooped aboard and settled ourselves on to the wet seats .
7 ‘ Of course Mikey waited until they went to sleep then got underneath and dug it up , ’ chortles a chap in a Hot Tuna sweatshirt .
8 ‘ Not possible ’ said LES HOLLIDAY — but then he went away and worked it out
9 ‘ Not possible ’ said LES HOLLIDAY — but then he went away and worked it out
10 He reached out for something outside his prison and found The Rights of Man , he concentrated on passages he knew well and summoned them up word for word .
11 He reached across and picked one up , flicking through the first few pages .
12 He shrugged , then went across and picked it up .
13 Duke laughed good-naturedly and turned them down .
14 Quigley reached forward and turned it off .
15 But he finally got there and settled himself down and lifted his baton .
16 She did so and handed them back to him , her irritation scarcely hidden .
17 He smiled dazzlingly and looked her up and down as if fondling her with his gaze , while she returned his smile and somehow without moving made her cling silk dress ripple and shimmer .
18 Oliver leaned forward and switched it off .
19 The feel of him inside her spread warmth through every part of her until her body relaxed completely and gave itself up to the purest pleasure .
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